Automatically removing unused files in a project

Hey Guys
Just a quick one... in Cubase there was a menu that let me get rid of any audio files that weren't used in a project.
So once we had settled on the takes we wanted to use, etc, we could get rid of any audio file that wasn't used in the arrangement, to clear out space on the hard drive.
Is there a way to do this in Logic? It seems not, but I might be missing something...
Cheers
Mike

I've stated it elsewhere and got flamed for it, but I'll gladly re-iterate it for you:
Stop filling the planet with gazillions of alternate versions of your song. At least until you have the version of the song (from then on you're free to do what you like).
If any of your ideas (or mine, for that matter) is so unbelievably brilliant that you can't risk losing it, then you'll notice it right away. No need to compulsively store and archive every farl any accumulation of cells on this stone's surface has ever emitted. Know what ? You don't even have the time to listen to every version you ever piled up in your project folder. Or put differently, if you manage to find the time, you could create something new and better instead.
Make up your mind. Do you like it ? Keep it. Don't you ? Then erase it and record something else. But get the thing finished.
Love
Christian
PS: Oh, and yes, erasing files from your final version will wreak havoc on your not-final versions. That's why they are not-final versions. They weren't good anyway. Scrap them.

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[svn] 3817: Remove unused file, SandboxBridgeGroup.as.

Revision: 3817
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-10-22 10:49:10 -0700 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008)
Log Message:
Remove unused file, SandboxBridgeGroup.as.
QE Notes: None
Doc Notes: None
Bugs: SDK-17721
Reviewer: pfarland
tests: checkintests
Ticket Links:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-17721
Removed Paths:
flex/sdk/branches/3.2.0/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/core/SandboxBridgeGroup.as

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The question is fairly simple:
How to delete unused audio files in a project?
I can't manage to find the answer in the manual,... all I could find is how to delete audio outside used regions!
But in the projects I use, I have loads of outtakes which I don't use in the project anymore, and now, I would like to delete them of the audio folder to save space on the HD.
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